Author of Meet Me: Writers in St. Louis (2010); Fierce Consent and Other Poems (2005), Island Universe: Essays and Entertainments (2007); co-author Guilty Pleasures: Indulgences, Addictions and Obsessions (2003). Publication credits include: Missouri Review, Iowa Review, The Progressive, Boulevard, Natural Bridge, Gulf Coast, River Styx, 13th Moon. Major influences: Sylvia Plath, H.L. Mencken, Mary McCarthy, James Baldwin, John N. Morris. more...